(Following Her) Into The Dark

I made a big discovery when I was playing bits and pieces of Lee's What It Does to Us this evening. I was about to go to bed, but I forgot to post here anyway.

I'll Follow You Into The Dark - by Death Cab for Cutie - an incredible song... was introduced to me by Eliza long ago, funnily enough, who I just got off the phone and/or texting with. What about it?

Well... Lee can play it. And I was playing two of the chords he uses in his song... the sound was familiar... and then it hit me! I thought I was just imagining it at first, but I looked up the video to go listen to it, and sure enough - Perhaps he was inspired by it, however subliminally... I love it! I'm going to learn it. I have to... It will be marginally difficult, and I was looking for a challenge in my next song to learn. It fits perfect!

I wasn't even thinking about that song at the time. It took forever to figure out where in the past I had heard that sound...


If Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied -
illuminate the "no"s on their vacancy signs,
if there's no one beside you when your soul embarks...
then I'll follow you into the dark.

One More Rewind

Hooray for Rewinds! That's what I'm going to call them from now on.
It's when I take something from the past and either toy with it first and then show it off, or merely show and tell my thoughts.
I don't always make things I like enough to show, but sometimes I like their history enough to share them anyways.
This one I considered a failure. It's not really that bad. It's an excellent "texture" - It just isn't anything by itself. I may use it for something in the future. This one is called Randomleaves, and it's a good natural texture. I think it has lots of potential as a random brush or something... I'll have to experiment. It was done entirely be Photoshop - even the colors. I did not so much as touch a brush to it.

On another note, It doesn't look as good with a white backdrop, for those of you viewing this post externally.

My next post will be a real project, for sure. Hopefully it will be a good one.

iknow... Too Much...

I have used iknow often, though not regularly. It suggests you use it daily. I'm beating my head against the wall over it, and it wants me to do more.

I recognize putting off serious memorization has slowed me a bit, but it's asking me to do 43 today (why 43 I don't know) instead of the usual 30!

Granted each set of 10 has only two new ones (the others are review/practice), but it's killing me!
I want to improve though...

I'm more upset that it's right... I need to work harder...
I prefer to go there during the evenings... I need to go during the day instead. That would probably make my life easier.

The new ones this time include:

赤い - akai - red ...already knew that
今日 - kyou - today ...another no-duh
...
姉 - ane - older sister, which I also already know, and
some dumb 酒/sake alcohol thing.

the good ones are:
覚える - oboeru - to learn, memorize
狭い - semai - restricted, narrow (pronounced like "semi", I notice!)
友達 - tomodachi - friend(... this one I've been waiting for.)
忘れる - wasureru - to forget (I forgot what this meant and had to look it up...lol...)
好き - suki - favorite/liked (...this adj. is used instead of "I like..."; in English we use a verb...)
建てる - tateru - to build, erect (a house or building, for example)

Lyrics and Embarrassment

I think the problem I've been running into with lyrics is my mood.

I've had songs I've wanted to write, but I'm terrified the people they're written about will hear them. Call me chicken - that's just me.

Seriously, though - a good song often has a heart behind it. I'm not quick to wear my heart on my sleeve. So I've sort of held myself back because I was going to feel compelled to show what I've done here. So I'm retracting any obligation to. I may later do it anyways. But while I'm writing lyrics, I'm making no promises. that should help me psychologically.

I think I'm also going to pick out a new favorite/popular song to learn at the right challenge level; that will help me get better at playing guitar. I'm not sure what it will be, but I'm already narrowing it down.